Account book of Joshua Gist, Westminster, Maryland, and others,including general account for the purchase and transportation of agricultural products, lists of muster rolls for the Militia of Maryland, 1794-1798. Also, miscellaneous notes of financial obligations, 1769-1800; and a letter, 1798, concerning payment for construction of fortifications of New York Harbor.

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Joshua Gist Account Book & Related Materials, 1769-1822, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Mexican Border Veterans (MBV), Inc., is a civilian association founded by Clairice A.G. Closson of Independence, Missouri, in 1929. Closson was a participant in the Mexican Border affair of mid-1916. The association consists of men who patrolled the Mexican-American border between May 9, 1916 and April 1917. Their presence on the border was a response to President Woodrow Wilson's call on the National Guard and the Army in mid-1916 to guard the border which had been repeatedly invaded by Francisco (Pancho) Villa, a Mexican revolutionary leader who carried out his incursions against residents of southern Texas. The MBV was formed by ex-Mexican-American border veterans to seek and receive recognition and veterans' benefits.

Summary

Three scrapbooks, each containing a random arrangement of MBV annual reports, convention minutes, samples of the MBV newletter, "The Bugler", photographs of various officers and members of the association and their spouses, brochures of the association's conventions, brief historical sketches of the association, some biographical sketches of the founders of the association, clippings from unidentified newspapers, limited correspondence between national, state or regional MBV officials, and other miscellaneous correspondence.

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Mexican Border Veterans, Inc., and Auxiliary Scrapbooks, 1916-1982, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Documents relate to the involuntary relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II. Much of the collection was collected by the Division of Armed Forces History for the exhibit "A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution" at NMAH.

Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. He purchased much of his collection through travel and had little money to spend. Much of the music he collected was used by him and his wife in their musical performance group, "Nancy Lee and the Hilltoppers." They had their own radio show on WOWO, AM 190 in Fort Wayne, Indiana five days a week until the music scene changed in 1955. They continued to do personal appearances and maintained a radio show at the same station every Sunday morning for many years.

Summary

Primarily published sheet music, plus some related ephemera. Originally included 781 boxes of American sheet music and assorted clippings, articles, photographs, etc.; also 93 boxes of 33-1/3 RPM phonograph records, 30 boxes of 45 RPM records, and 20 boxes of 78 RPM records.

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The Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, ca. 1790-1980, Archives Center, National Museum of American History